GAYA (Louis de). Treatise on weapons, war machines, fireworks, signs and military instruments, ancient and modern; with the manner in which they are currently used in both French and foreign armies. Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1678. In-12, title-front, 3 ff. 172 pp. engravings, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Spine and corners damaged and missing. Rare first edition of this small treatise on arms illustrated with 19 engraved plates. Its author was captain in the Champagne regiment under Louis XIV.

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